guanidine Chem.
(ˈgwænɪdɪn)
Also -in.
[Modified from guanine.]
A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin.
| 1864 Watts Dict. Chem. II. 949 Guanidine... An organic base discovered and investigated by Strecker..It is produced..by the action of hypochlorous acid on guanine. 1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch's Clin. Diagnosis vi. (ed. 4) 239 note, Carbonate of guanidin. |
Hence guaniˈdinic a., in carbo-guanidinic acid.
| 1866 Odling Anim. Chem. vi. 139 Biuret..may be regarded as carbo-guanidinic acid. |